THE vSOUTII AFRICA MEDAL. V 



and he should send it, together with the original Paper, to the Secretary of 

 the Section before which it is to be read, so that it may reach him at least 

 a fortnight before the Session. 



(e) Members may communicate to the Sections the Papers of non- 

 members. 



(/■) The Author of any Paper is at liberty to reserve his right of property 

 tlierein. 



(g) The Sectional Committees shall meet not later than the first day of 

 the Session in the Rooms of their respective Sections, and prepare the 

 progi'amme for their Sections and forward the same to the General Secretaries 

 for publication. 



ih) The Council cannot guarantee the insertion of any Report, Paper or 

 Abstract in the Annual Volume unless it be handed to the Secretary of the 

 Section before the conclusion of the Session. 



(i) The Sectional Committees shall report to the Council what Reports, 

 Papers or Abstracts it is thought advisable to print, but the final decision 

 shall rest with the Council. 



XIV.— ALTERATION TO RULES. 

 Any proposed alteration of the Rules — 



a. Shall be intimated to the Council three months before the next 



Session of the Association. 



b. Shall be duly considered by the Council and communicated by 



Circular to the j\l embers of the Association for their considera- 

 tion, and dealt with at the said Session of the Association. 

 During the interval between two Annual Sessions of the Association, any 

 alterations proposed to be made in the Rules shall be valid if agreed to by 

 two-thirds of the Members of Council. Such alteration of Rules shall not 

 be permanently incorporated in the Constitution until approved by the next 

 Annual Meeting. 



XV.— VOTING. 



In voting for Members of Council, or on questions connected with 

 Alterations to Rules, absent Members may record their vote in writing. 



RULES FOR THE AWARD OF MEDALS. 

 A. The South Africa Medal. 

 I. — Constitution of Committee. 



(a) The Council of the South African Association for the Advancement 

 of Science shall, annually and within three months after the close of the 

 Annual Session, elect a Committee to be called " the South Africa Medal 

 Committee," on which, as far as possible, every Section of the Association and 

 each Province of South Africa shall have fair representation. 



(6) This Committee shall consist of eight Members elected from amnngst 

 Council Membei's, together with four other Members, .■^elected from amongst 

 Members of the Association who are not on the Council. 



(c) Each new Committee shall retain not less than four members who 

 have served on the previous Committee. 



(d) The Chairman of the Committee .shall i)e appointed annually by the 

 Council from amongst its Members. 



(e) Any casual vacancy in the Committee shall be filled by the Council. 



II.— Duties. 



(a) The duties of the Committee shall be to adminis-ter the Incume of 

 the Fund and to award the Medal, raised in commemoration of the visit of 

 the British Association to South Africa in 1905, in accordance with the 

 resolution of its Council. 



(6) This resolu'tion reads as follows: 



(1) That, in accordance with the wishes of subscribers, the South 

 Africa Medal Fund be invested in the names of the Trustees 

 appointed by the South African Association for the Advancement 

 of Science. 



(2) That the Dies for the Medal be transferred to the A.=;sociation, to 

 which, in its corporate capacity, the administration of the Fund 



